Small vendors hit hard by nationwide blackouts

geovalin · March 27, 2019

With no customers, Ma Sokheng can only sit fanning herself in her dark clothes store in Tuol Tompoung Market, better known as Russian Market, during a blackout. “Without electricity, the market is very dark, it has no air, and it is very hot. Nobody wants to shop,” Sokheng said.

Recently, electricity in the market has been cut off half the day every day, costing her 70 per cent of her customers. “I am sure that this month I will lose money and I’m concerned whether I can pay my rent of $1,000 or not,” she said.

Another clothes seller named Thida said she was worried about her ability to pay her rent as she can only open her shop for half the day. “It is really difficult to run a business without electricity. I don’t know yet if I am able to pay the store’s rent this month,” she said.

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